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I am a new HELIX LT owner, but long time Line 6 user with Variax, POD HD500X etc. Got the HELIX LT this weekend and have switched it on and tried out the factory loaded sounds. I have also connected to my PC and upgraded the firmware to the latest 2.82. Tonight I decided it was about time I learnt how to build a preset from scatch. Chose USER 1 setlist and 01A New Preset.

The screen very helpfully tells me to "Press joystick to open model list"

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The screen very helpfully tells me to "Press joystick to open model list"

However, when I press the joystick, nothing happens.

Hi edstar1960,

Thisissue has been discussed at length in various parts of this forum, particularly in the “Bug Reports” sticky thread, where I got this simple fix from fellow user - “MonkeyXT”. After a repair to the Joystick tags, I updated the firmware and discovered the problem you describe and reverted to v2.7 which fixed the problem and I knew it was not a hardware failure.

Here’s the quote from MonkeyXT:

“I was﻿﻿ able to point someone else in the right direction withwhat I believe is the same behavior as you're seeing here - I believe that wi﻿th the new options available for the joystick control, some internal parameters for the joystick controller functions have been adjusted.

Specifically, th﻿e push straight in to select.

It seems that v2.8x instructs that device to ignore any 'long' presses - and its idea of 'long' is still pretty short.

But, if you tap it in and release relatively quickly, I believe you'll find the control function will work predictably.﻿

If you're willing to re-update, maybe give this a try.﻿﻿﻿”

In another thread from early August - “Intermittent joystick since update” there is a post from “MusicLaw” who pointed out this is not a “bug” and referenced the official release notes from Line 6, which state:

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New﻿ Gl﻿obal setting option as of 2.80.

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The 2.80 RELEASE NOTES state:

Turn Joys﻿tick to Select Blocks

Helix Floor, Helix Rack, Helix LT

Currently, turning the joystick encoder scrolls through available models for the selected block. With 2.80, you can now choose to instead turn the joysti﻿ck to quickly move across the signal flow.

SHORTCUT: Pressing and turning the joystick will provide the opposite setting; that is, when set to “Model”, press and turn the joystick to quickly move acros﻿s the signal qow. When set to “Selection,” press and turn the joystick to scroll through available models for the selected block.﻿﻿